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Mr Lai said other measures which required more detailed examination and longer timeframes to implement were being considered.
"These measures include further efficiency improvements, improvements in staffing levels and development of further ambulance depot facilities in areas of increased local demand," he said.
Mr Lai stressed that the Government remained committed to achieving the target set in the Performance Pledge.
"Our target is for 95 per cent of emergency calls to be reached within a 10 minutes' travel time," he said.
The percentage of emergency calls which have attained the target travel time is 92.5, 91.7 and 89.5 for 1993, 1994 and 1995 respectively.
"The decrease in 1995 was mainly due to deteriorating traffic conditions, long travelling distances in the New Territories and the increased number of emergency calls," Mr Lai said.
"The unusual number of disruptions caused by typhoons, rainstorms, flooding and road closures in the second and third quarters of 1995 also had a significant impact on performance," he explained.
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